Motorsport101

It's that time again! For the last few years, we've covered the IMSA Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and this year is no exception! Along with Dre, is RJ O'Connell covering IMSA this season for Racer.com and DailySportsCar.com, and Cameron Buckley, who's sportscar knowledge is the reason he still hasn't paid rent yet!
All four of the classes are covered, including former Williams F1 driver Logan Sargeant making his debut via the LMP2 category and Era Motorsport, a fleet of IndyCar talent in the GTD categories including Scott McLaughlin, Kyle Kirkwood and James Hinchcliffe, and a car-by-car breakdown of everything in GTP, with 11 cars competing for likely outright victory.
Can a heavily update BMW be a more driveable car now they're away from Rahal control? Is Porsche, now solely focusing on IMSA when it comes to Sportscars, still have the operational excellence coming off the win last season. What about Acura, now with Alex Palou back for another run? And what will a heavily revived Cadillac bring to the table aiming to solve its top speed woes?
All that and more on another Motorsport101!

Forgive us for taking a little longer this year, both Dre and Cameron have been sick in recent weeks, but here is our bit first special of the year, looking back on the best, worst and everything inbetween in the 2025 M101 Awards, the 10th time we've done it!
We've got the best overtake as Kamui Kobayashi makes a brilliant appearance against the best of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, who was the best series in Motorsport between IMSA, WEC, F1 and IndyCar? Who takes Rookie of the Year between Connor Zilisch and Isack Hadjar? And who made the biggest gains between Williams, Sauber and MotoGP's Alex Marquez!
And of course the hotly contest big trio of awards, who takes the infamous Golden Cock betwen NASCAR, the FIA and Papaya Rules, as well as Max Verstappen going head to head with Alex Palou yet again for Driver of the Year... can the Spaniard finally take it?

And in our final Podcast before Christmas, Dre, RJ and Cam sit down for a nearly 3 hour long roundtable on the 2025 Formula 1 Season.

The gang go team-by-team to breakdown their strengths, weaknesses, and what to expect heading into a radical 2026 regulation change. From Alpine and a miserable surrender half way through the season, to Kick Sauber's great comeback under the helm of Jonathan Wheatley and HULKENPODIUM.

Aston Martin are setting up for their big crescendo under Adrian Newey, Racing Bulls had to deal with their bigger brothers mess, while Williams turned another huge corner to crack the Top 5. 

At the front, Ferrari shat the bed, Mercedes still don't know how they're so fast, Red Bull's end of an era, and how McLaren dominated the season but still nearly ended up embarassed. All that and so much more inbetween in a Mega, Double length Motorsport101! Have a wonderful Christmas and we'll see you back here for the M101 Awards!

Return of the Marc, watch my flow, you know that I'll be back (Here I go...)

Welcome to a bumper edition of the M101 Podcast as Dre, RJ and Cam review the 2025 MotoGP Season, with all the factories and their status spoken about as we enter a critical off-season!

For Yamaha, is the switch to the V4 from their in-line history going to be enough for them to persuade Fabio Quartararto to sacrifice another two years of his prime to figure out. Is Honda going to sign a big hitter and if, which of their veterans are they going to release for them? And are they finally heading in the right direction?

Is KTM about to be bought out from a new force from China, and if so, will that be enough to convince Pedro Acosta to stick around? Has Aprilia's progressed been masked by an injured Marquez? And what does Ducati do next after a messy season on and off the track? 

All that and more across 2 hours on Motorsport101!

The record shows, he took the blows, and Lando did it his way. He is your 2025 Formula 1 World Champion, doing just enough to survive the final assault from Max Verstappen, who did everything he could to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Dre Harrison and RJ O'Connell reflect on what was actually a rather milquetoast decider, where everything the formbook suggested, just happened. McLaren played it super safe, Red Bull gambled and won one last time, George Russell and Charles Leclerc couldn't quite play spoiler. But we talk deeply about Lando Norris and the unique character that's made him a World Champion, Max Verstappen still pulling off the nearly unthinkable to end up just 2 points off the table after a 104 point deficit from Zandvoort, and Oscar Piastri's key role as the season's main antagonist. 

We also talk about Fernando Alonso sneaking into the Top 6 in his final race of the year, Yuki Tsunoda actually taking a weaving penalty, and Helmut Marko being ejected from Red Bull Racing for getting a bit too keen to sign an Irish F2 ace...